Prospects for the Use and Improvement of Information Search Systems as Part of Development of Historical Research

摘要

In conditions of the information society development, there is one of the most important tasks remains - to solve the problem of effective search and collection of the information. This is crucially important due to a growing diversity of information sources focused on developing different areas of human activities. Thus, the aim of the study is to analyze the prospects for use and improving of modern methods of information search as an integral part of the informatization process of all areas of human scientific activity, including historical research. During the analysis of the principles of the functioning of information search systems and a number of scientific researches in the field of information search, the prospect of using the precedent methodology in the framework of the improvement of search methods was established and the feasibility of using it to improve the accuracy of document evaluation was emphasized. It was found that precedents is able to solve a new or unknown problem by using or adapting a solution to a known problem by using experience gained in solving such problems. Therefore, was assumed about the prospect of using this technique as part of improving the information search system and as a necessary component of the process of informatization as part of development of historical research.